Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45347, Stephen Durham, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Durham, Stephen
S. 45347
CONTENTS

(2451)
New York Roll
Stephen Durham Capt Hicks Private New York Lines
the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the Sixteenth April 1818
ertificate of Pension issued the 15 th of September and forwarded to Amasa Frowbridge Esq. Watertown New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 — 37.06 Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 Mar. 1819 — 48.00
Arrears 4 Mo. 19/30 $85.06
Van Schelien { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Seven years
Continued Pension
Stephen Durham to 1820 to 4 Mo. 19/30 on account of pension due to him

State of New-York, County,
ss.
On this 16 day of March 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County, New-York, personally appears Stephen Dushan aged 65 years, resident in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Dushan enlisted in the state of New-York in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the [blank] when he was discharged from service in the state of New-York that he was in the battles of [blank] and [blank]
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
I, [blank] Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said [blank] did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
State of New-York Jefferson County ss. I certify that the within second Affidavit of [blank] was on the day when this affidavit was made was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for this County. April 14 1818 Benjamin Skinner Clerk of said County

Robert L. Jefferson County
August 29 th
I Certify that the within record of Mr. Deane is in no wise circumstanced and entirely wants of system for his daily support. That Henry Bell & Sarah Bell, are respectable persons, of truth & veracity, and appear to be disinterested witnesses.
Given by me this 29 th day August 1878.
Frances Lovelace George L. Bell
Robert L. Jefferson
Robert L. Jefferson George L. Bell

Stephen Durham Applicant for a Pension
2451
15 Sep '15
Pinckney Miss Co

State of New York } Lewis County } ss. On this twentieth day of September in the year 1820 personally appeared in Open Court, to wit, in the Court of Common Pleas, held at the Court House in the Town of Martinsburg, in and for the County of Lewis, the same being a Court of Record in and for the said County, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a Jurisdiction Unlimited in point of Amount, keeping a Record of its proceedings, and possessing a Seal. Stephen Durham aged Sixty One Years resident in the Town of Pinesburg in the County aforesaid and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the revo- lutionary war, as follows, to wit as a private in the Company com- manded by Captain Hicks, in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Grome Van Schaick, in the line of the State of New York on the Conti- nental establishment; that he enlisted in the year 1776 for the term of nine months, and at the expiration of the said nine months he enlisted for and during the term of the said War, and continued to serve in the said Corps until the close of the said War, when he was discharged from the said Service at Fish Kill in the State of New York in the year 1783, that the date of his original declaration is on the sixteenth day of April in the year 1818 and the number of his pension Certificate is 2,451- And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is con- tained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed

(nursery clothing and bedding excepted) and that the account of my creditors by me subscribed and hereto annexed is in all respects just and true. —
And I do further swear that I am by occupation a farmer that I now am and have been for more than forty years troubled with a break or Hernia; that I am able to perform but very little labor, and am unable to support myself, that the number of my family residing with me is two besides myself, to wit, Rachel Durham my wife, aged fifty four years, and my Daughter, Rachel Durham, aged fourteen years, that my wife is wholly unable to labor and has been so unable for some years past, that my said Daughter is able to support herself.
In witness whereof the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this 21 st day of September 1821 before
John Safford Clerk of Lewis County
Schedule of the property of Stephen Durham
   Crops     Corn judged to be 25 Bushels at 37 1/2 per B 9.37 1/2   Rye do do 15 do 37 1/2 per B 5.62 1/2   Cobs do do 10 do at 18 per B 1.80   Beans do do 1 peck 25   Potatoes do do 30 Bushels at 12 1/2 per B 3.75   Hay two Tons at $6.00 per T. 12.00   Flax 1 peck Swing poor yield at 1.00   Pumpkins 4 loads at 50 cts per Load 2.00  
Stock
   One Mare supposed to be 15 years old tall poor 5.00   One young cow - Middling Quality 13.00   1 yearling Heifer Small 6.00  
Fruit

  Five Old Hens and 23 Chickens small 75   Farming Tools   Two axes One Midling good the other poor at 25 2.00   Three old Hoes poor at 37 1/2 37 1/2   One Sickle good at 50 50   One short broken Chain at $1.00 1.00   One Shaving Knife at .25 25   One old poor butter Knives $1.50 1.50   One Clevis & Pin at 37 1/2 37 1/2   Two Scythes - One New & Good One Old & poor at $1.25 1.25   One Bush Hook good $1.50 1.50   One poor Hay fork 18 18   Three Rakes One poor two Midling at 18c 18   One Grindstone very small and poor at 25 cts 25   One garden Hoe at 25 cts 25   One Shae Hammer NO 43 attached at 6 Cents 6   One Tapping Gauge at 37 1/2 37 1/2   One Sepia Tackle poor at .50 50   a pair Shears 25 two Gimlets One Spike G. at 18 42   Small Box of old Iron at 25 cts 25 
Fire Arms & Accoutrements
  One Musket good at $5. 5.00   One Cartridge Box poor at .50 cts 50   One Bayonet Scabbard & Belt midling D. 37 1/2 37 1/2 
House Hld Furniture
  Iron Ware. One 5 pail Kettle at $4.00 4.00   One 2 pail Pot at 2.00 2.00   One old broken metal 2 pail Kettle at 75 cts 75   One Good Tea Kettle $1.25 1.25   One Bake Kettle cracked & cover broken 25 25   One Good One pail Kettle at 1.00 1.00   One fractured two Qt Kettle 37 1/2 37 1/2   Wool Camp Kettles good at 50 c h.h. 1.00   Two Camp Pans 37 1/2 h. pan 75   One frying pan Mended large $1.00 1.00   One Tramel tolerable good small 75   Many Cows at 37 1/2 37 1/2 
Tin
  One Pail holding 10 qts at 37 1/2 cts poor & old 37 1/2   One poor Trumpett at 12 1/2 12 1/2 

One Funnel Old at 6 .6
Table Furniture
Two one pint pewter Basins at 18 cts p. B 36 cts .36
Six Tin Spoons at 50 cts .50
One Small blue edged earthen Platter at 50 cts P. .50
Two earthen do do do plates on crust at 16 .16
One quart flowered Mug earthen at 25 25
Seven Poor Table Knives & three forks at 75 75
Three Small red earthen Platters at 25 25
Four flowered Cups & Saucers at 18 .18
Three 1/2 pt earthen cups with handles .18 .18
One flowered 2 Qt Bowl at 9 9
One Same Bowl at 25 25
One ten Quart red earthen Jar at 50 .50
One 2 Quart do do do at 25 25
One 1 Gall do do do at 44 44
One 1/2 Gall do do do at 25 25
One quart do do do at 12 1/2 12 1/2
One 1/2 pt Jug at 10 cts .10
One qt Glass Bottle at 12 1/2 12 1/2
Three 1/2 pt Glass Bottles at 30 30
Wooden Ware
One Blue Chest medium size with Mouldings etc at 1.50
One Dustless Chest without legs at 1.75
One floor Bedstead high 37 1/2
One low Bedstead 12 1/2
Five old floor Boards at $1.50 1.50
One pickle tub containing 3/4 Hl with P. at $1.00 1.00
One Churn large size good 1.25
One Wooden Bucket old 37 1/2
One Woolen Wheel damaged 2 00
One linen wheel very poor and old not fit to use 37 1/2
One Washing Machine good 37 1/2
Two twelve qt Tubs at 37 1/2 pr T. 75
One poor Reel at 75 cts 75
Two large Chairs poor and old 62 1/2 62 1/2
One small Chair at 37 1/2 37 1/2
Broken kettle Bale Hoop at 37 1/2 37 1/2
Cotton Cards at 87 1/2 87 1/2

  Sire   One Wooden Box Small for Sego 27 1/2   Books 12 1/2   One Bible One Spelling Book & Hymn Books One Chrysal   Novel and One Novel all old & some out of repair 1.25   One Iron Cradlestick at 12 cents L 12 1/2   One half of their old skin 1.50   Family Table old & poor .75 Stand do New $3.00 2.75   Total $117.76 
His Stephen + Dunham Mark
  Debts against Stephen Dunham   Due Peter Underwood & Mansfield 87.73   Due Leonard D. Mansfield 6.00   Due to John Dean payable in 6 months 18.00   Due to Thomas Wait for hire of Land 10.00   Due to Paul Green 5.00   Total $126.73   His Stephen + Dunham Mark 
I John Safford Clerk of the County of Lewis & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing Bills, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are true copies from the records of the said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total Amount in Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is One Hundred Seventeen Dollars Ninety Six Cents, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix- ed the Seal of the said Court this 23 rd day of September
1820
John Safford, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Lewis County

45347 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 45347
Stephen Durham
Plus Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index: —Vol. 3 , Page 144
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jefferson County State of New York August 27 th 1818.
Personally appeared before me an ass. Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Jefferson Sarah Hall who being duly sworn, doth depose & say that she was personally acquainted with Stephen Durham in the year 1776. That the said Durham before or about that time had enlisted as a soldier into the United States Army, under Capt. Benjamin Hecks. the Col. Panswick was then and the Regt. to which the said Durham belonged.
The deponent further says that in the year 1778. The said Durham was permitted to leave the army with a furlough that she the deponent saw then the S. Durham & his furlough & that it was dated at Fort St. Mark.
The deponent further states
That she saw the S. Durham again 1782. and at the same time saw him have a disch- -arge from the U. States Army signed by
George Washington acting at. Ithaca N.Y. 1782. That the deponent saw him in the house in the said County. Sworn & subscribed before me This 27 th day of August. Sarah Hall mark Asses. Justices of the Peace for Jefferson Co. N.Y.
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State of New York Jefferson County ss.
August 27 th 1818. Then Personally appeared before me Amasa Farnham one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the cou- nty of Jefferson. Henry Hall - who being duly sworn with the deponent say that he was person- ally acquainted with Stephen Durham in the year 1775. That he saw him, the said Durham dur- ing duty as a soldier in a company commanded by Capt. Hicks belonging to Col. Benscows Reg t of the United States Army, of the New York Line, - and un- derstood at that time that the said Durham had en- listed during the War. — The deponent further says that in the years 1776 - 1777 - 1778 he saw the said Durham repeatedly & that he was during the whole of that period a soldier in the above- mentioned Regiment, and in the service of the Uni- ted States. — The deponent further states that in the year 1782 he saw the said Durham. That he had with him, & presented to the deponent his discharge from the said Army signed by George Washington - That he the deponent read the discharge. —
Sworn & subscribed before me this 27 th day of August 1818.
Amasa Farnham Judge of the Court
Henry Hall